Read to the bottom to find the FREE Roll & Cover Game for 4th of July!
I've been thinking a lot about dice lately. When I thought I was going to teach 1st grade, I made a lot of roll & cover addition & subtraction games - one for virtually every theme I teach. Here are a few of my latest:
"Where the Wild Things Are" to go with my new classroom theme.
Groovy Cat to go along with my Eric Litwin author study.
Ocean Friends to go along with my Commotion in the Ocean theme.
They even have those polyhedrals in foam for quiet play :)
The polyhedral dice have 4, 8,10,12, and 20 sided dice in each set. I can think of a lot of fun games you could play with dice (counting cubes to be politically correct lol) even aside form Roll & Cover! In order to store them all easily, I got one of those plastic compartmentalized boxes at Hobby Lobby.
Now I just have to get my kids to sort my dice for me :)
And of course, Roll and Cover games are just the tip of the iceberg for using dice as a math manipulative!
Since the 4th of July is coming up, I made an abbreviated Roll & Cover game for the occasion. I figured it would be useful for anyone teaching summer school or year-round school (shudder!). My kids also enjoy playing these - even though it's a bit easy for my two oldest lol, still it's a good way to get them to sit down and play quietly with their younger siblings! I plan to just throw the game boards in by bag along with a set of dice and then we have an easy take-along game for barbecues/picnics etc to help keep the kids occupied while waiting on food or fireworks! It's up for free in my TPT store if you'd like to grab it :)
10 comments:
My kids love roll and cover math games! Thanks for sharing the freebie! :)
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
Your games are so cute!!
❤Teri
A Cupcake for the Teacher
These look like fun!!
Your game boards and graphics are adorable!
Blessings,
Jessica Stanford
Mrs. Stanford's Class Blog
PS If you haven't already joined my giveaway I would love to have you join!
I love dice and super cute games! I was in Utah not long ago and found a toy store that had 100's of different dice. They were only $.25 each.
Your kinders can totally handle it! I started my students playing roll and cover games in August and they loved them-you're right that you do have to let them start out using a 12-sided dice or 2 dice with dots they can count up. After a few months though, I bet most of your kids will be ready to try adding 2 number from dice (esp. if they can use manipulatives). It was wonderful when I finally got around to formally teaching addition in April and my students already knew how from playing our center games!
~Meredith
P.S. SO glad you are coming back to kinder!
Thanks! I always love your graphics!!! How is the organizing going?
Love your roll and cover games. Love foam dice, too!! :) Renee
I love dice games! Thanks for the freebie!
Kara
Spedventures
I just had to feature this on my "Featured Freebie Friday"! It is so adorable, and fun for the kiddos!
Thanks so much for sharing with all of us!
Jacque @ Mommy and Me Creations
http://mommy-and-me-creations.blogspot.com/2012/06/featured-freebie-friday-4th-of-july.html
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